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A Morannon-Orc
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The Black Orcs or Morannon-Orcs were greater Orcs, different from the even larger and stronger Uruk-hai.
Speculations[]
Their origin is unknown, but they may be identical with the Warrior-breed or Fighting-Orcs, the Hobgoblins, or the larger Orc-race from Barad-dûr who fought in the Second Age on the Gladden Fields.
The Morannon-Orcs could also be identified with the Uruk-lesser-Orc half-breeds known as "Gusmuras" in MERP.
Videogames[]
The Morannon-Orcs appear in the Movie Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, and The War of the Ring, The Battle for Middle-earth series where they are called Black Orcs, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest and Tactics, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Larger Morannon-Orc-like breeds also appear in LOTRO.
Morannon-Orcs from the Movie Trilogy[]
Aarlok Argdush Bolingúl Gartor Gashdrak Gordmúl Grarbag Guritz Murgash Gothmog
Notes[]
- In some other sources, the above mentioned Orcs are considered to belong to different breeds, some of them lesser Orcs, others Uruk-hai and Orc Trackers. It may be possible that the Morannon-Orcs or Black Orcs were not a distinctive breed on their own, but rather an elite troop of selected Orc-warriors.